... almost the same thing.....I had 2 opthamlic migraines, went to a neurologist, negative for anything like stroke etc, but then headed to the optometrist, who found 3 small hemorrage spots inthe subject eye. From there to bloodwork etc....no diabetes, but I am on meds for hypertension. ... (5 replies)

... thanks for the reply...I have been to the opthamologist today and a retinal specialist...and it turns out that I have a hemmoragged blood vessel near the center of my vision inthe right eye...had it not been so close to the center I wouldn't have noticed it...Nothing else seems to be out of the ordinary.. ... (5 replies)

... There was a BBC TV News item recently in which they showed the effects of macular oedema in exactly the way I see it. There is a greyspotinthe centre of my field of view so I cannot see anything inthe central field. This is particularly frustrating when looking at TV with the affected eye alone. ... (699 replies)

... I also learned another cool trick when I had physics in high school. If you take your middle finger and index finger, and hold them horizontally parallel right in front of your eyes, with only a small gap separating them, you will see two thin black lines between the fingers. ... (7 replies)

... he is waiting for the neuro to get back to him, in all this time he has never been prescribed anything to take, my worry is because it has gone on so long that theeye is permanently damaged, he has been losing weight as one of the doctors had recommend that he do so. ... (0 replies)